(Translation by Yusra Ahmed) ALEPPO (Zaman Al Wasl)- Battles in the northern countryside of Aleppo city between the Islamic State and other fighting factions forced hundreds of families living in the area to flee their homes due to heavy shelling by ISIS on the towns and villages around "Mare`"...

The family of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach had been trying to emigrate to Canada after fleeing the war-torn town of Kobani, one of their relatives told a Canadian newspaper on Thursday. A photograph of the tiny body of three-year old Aylan Kurdi washed up in...

Russia is delaying the launch of an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemical weapon attacks in Syria, U.N. Security Council diplomats said on Wednesday, though Moscow's U.N. envoy said the holdup was for technical reasons. In a letter to the 15-nation council...

Syrian air force extended its deadly raids on rebel-held city of Douma near Damascus, killing 10 civilians, 6 women and 4 children, medics and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights said 6 women and 4 children have been killed in regime air strikes on the stricken city...